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Couples file lawsuit to have marriages recognized on birth certificates

The couples filed the suit in federal court in Cincinnati, arguing that the state's practice of listing only one partner in a gay marriage as a parent on birth certificates violates the U.S. Constitution.

Couples file lawsuit to have marriages recognized on birth certificates

The couples filed the suit in federal court in Cincinnati, arguing that the state's practice of listing only one partner in a gay marriage as a parent on birth certificates violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Updated: 6:35 PM EST Feb 10, 2014

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WEBVTT BACK IN A FEDERAL COURTROOM...LEGALLY MARRIED SAME SEXCOUPLES... WANT OHIO TORECOGNIZE THEM AS PARENTS...LOCAL COUPLES FILED A FEDERALLAWSUIT TODAY. GOOD EVENING, I'MMIKE DARDIS.AND I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO.THEY'RE FIGHTING ... TO HAVEMARRIAGES RECOGNIZED ON BIRTHCERTIFICATES. WLWT NEWS 5'SJACKIE CONGEDO JOIN US ...WITH TODAY'S BIG STORY...MIKE AND SHEREE THIS IS THE LAWSUIT-FILED IN FEDERAL COURTTODAY...BY SEVERAL SAME SEXCOUPLES--- WHO WANT BOTHPARTNERS INCLUDED ON BIRTHCERTIFICATES OF THEIR CHILDREN.THREE ARE LESBIAN COUPLES WHOWERE LEGALLY MARRIED IN OTHERSTATES. THEY GOT PREGNANTTHROUGH ARTIFICIALINSEMINATION...AN D ARE DUE INTHE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ANOTHER ISA LEGALLY MARRIED GAY COUPLE,LIVING IN NEW YORK- WHO ADOPTEDA CHILD BORN IN OHIO. THEIRATTORNEY SAYS...IN ALL CASES...OHIO REFUSES TO PRINT BOTHPARENTS' NAMES ON A BIRTHCERTIFICATE... WHICH CAN MAKE ITVERY DIFFICULT FOR ONE PARENT TOGET MEDICAL HELP FOR HIS OR HERCHILD...ENROLL THAT CHILD INSCHOOL...OR GET THAT CHILD APASSPORT, AMONG OTHER THINGS.(al gerhardstein/ attorney) ( abirth certificate is the basicidentity document for a childfor all of us really. and itought to be correct. it ought totell you whoyour mom and dad are. and whenit doesn't it sets your familyaside as somekind of second class family thatisn't deserving of equaltreatment)THIS AFTERNOON...THE PRESIDENTOF CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY VALUESISSUED THIS STATEMENT INRESPONSE TO THELAWSUIT...QUOTE..."A BIRTHCERTIFICATE SHOWS THE FATHER ANDMOTHER OF A CHILD. ONE THATSHOWS TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN ASMOTHER AND FATHER LACKS COMMONSENSE."WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE PEOPLEFILING SUIT-- TONIGHT ON WLWT AT11. IN THE NEWSROOM, JC, WLWTNEWS 5.THIS COMES ON THE SAME DAY THEOBAMA ADMINISTRATION ISRECOGNIZING SOME KEY RIGHTS OFALL MARRIED GAY COUPLES..EVEN IF THEY LIVE IN STATESWHERE SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS NOTALLOWED. AS LONG AS THEY WEREMARRIED IN ONE OF THE 16 STATESAND WASHINGTON D-C... THAT ALLOWGAY MARRIAGE. ...THEIR FEDERALRIGHTS DON'T DISAPPEAR WHEN THEYGO HOME TO THE STATES WHERE SAMESEX MARRIAGE IS NOT ALLOWED ORBANNED.

Couples file lawsuit to have marriages recognized on birth certificates

The couples filed the suit in federal court in Cincinnati, arguing that the state's practice of listing only one partner in a gay marriage as a parent on birth certificates violates the U.S. Constitution.